Blake Lively wears Elizabeth Taylor's iconic $ 3.8 million necklace: what a tragic love story behind it

Blake Lively, star of the long-awaited movie It Ends with Us, wore a Cartier necklace worth $3.8 million (over 155 million hryvnias) that once belonged to Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor. The jewelry became part of the actress's look for the September issue of VOGUE.

The 36-year-old beauty played the role of a glamorous jewel thief during Baz Luhrmann's Hitchcock-inspired photo shoot for Heart Heist. Lively's partner was her husband's Deadpool and Wolverine co-star Hugh Jackman. In one of the shots, Blake is looking at a "stolen" Cartier necklace with rubies and diamonds, which was given to Taylor by her then-husband Mike Todd in 1957, People writes.

More than 60 years ago, the late actress's sweet reaction to a precious gift was caught on camera by a friend of the couple. In the 20-second silent video, the star smiles as she puts on the necklace and earrings before kissing Todd. At the time of the video, the actress was pregnant with the couple's only child, Elizabeth "Lisa" Todd.

Taylor married Mike, her third husband, in 1957. In 1958, he died in a plane crash, leaving Taylor a widow at the age of 26. After his death, the Cartier jewels remained a symbol of their tragically short love story. The necklace, earrings and bracelet were sold separately at Christie's Elizabeth Taylor auction in 2011, where the Cartier Collection purchased the jewelry for $3,778,500.

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